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Understanding EAR Compliance Regulations: Tips for US and non-US Companies

Coauthored with Eva Galfi, CEO & Principal Consultant, International Trade Advisors Pty Ltd The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) implements and enforces the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to regulate the export, reexport and transfer (in-country) commercial and less sensitive military items. If you need to comply with or learn more about US export control requirements, read our 6 W’s EAR Compliance to help you comply with these strict U.S.

Board Responsibilities for Data Security and Privacy

Corporate boards are tasked with ensuring that sensitive information—ranging from intellectual property (IP) and end-user information to sales statistics—is handled securely. As data becomes an ever-more valuable asset, so too do the risks associated with mismanagement.

From Desire Paths to Security Highways: Lessons from Disney's Approach to User-Centric Design

When Walt Disney first unveiled the Magic Kingdom, he made a decision that would revolutionize theme park design - and inadvertently offer a valuable lesson for cybersecurity professionals. Instead of pre-determining where visitors should walk, Disney let guests create their own paths. Only after observing these "desire paths" did Disney pave the official walkways. This approach, seemingly simple, carries profound implications for how we should approach security in our organizations.

Snyk named a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Application Security Testing for the 3rd consecutive year

Snyk, a leading provider in developer security, is excited to share that we’ve been named a Customers’ Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Application Security Testing for a third consecutive year. Gartner defines the Application Security Testing category as products and services designed to analyze and test applications for security vulnerabilities. This distinction is based on meeting or exceeding user interest, adoption, and overall experience.

Proactive AppSec continuous vulnerability management for developers and security teams

What are some of the growing cybersecurity risks in the modern software development landscape that keep CISOs busy? Developers and security teams face an ever-increasing array of threats, from sophisticated open source and vendor-controlled supply chain attacks to vulnerabilities introduced by AI-generated code like prompt injection and poor code security by GitHub Copilot.

Unlocking the Power of Secure Identities with Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS)

As businesses continue to embrace cloud services for scalability and cost efficiency, cybersecurity is following a similar trend. To stay ahead of evolving threats, companies are increasingly adopting Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) as a comprehensive solution. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) deliver Identity Security to help businesses achieve key objectives.

Opti9 Receives AWS Resilience Competency

As of Monday, September 16th, Opti9 Technologies is proud to have achieved the AWS Resilience Competency, specialized in Resilience Recovery, recognizing our expertise in helping customers enhance the availability and reliability of their critical cloud workloads. As an AWS Resilience Competency Partner, our services are rigorously validated by AWS to ensure we meet the highest standards as an AWS Services Partner, and uphold the established expertise.

QR Code Security: How Businesses Can Keep Customers Safe

Do you want to make sure your QR code security practices are keeping your business and customers safe? If so, you're in the right place! QR codes (Quick Response codes) are barcodes that store data for people who scan them with their device, usually a smartphone. QR codes have many great uses, such as helping customers learn more about your products and making it easy for them to download your app.